The sex of the child is not known, we assume it’s either a boy or a girl, but we’ll keep you updated. And talk about a good week for Javier, the actor is a new dad and on Tuesday he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in the indie/foreign film Biutiful(Pronounced Beautiful).

Cruz and Bardem got married in the Bahamas last summer and are both Academy Award winners.

The 2011 Academy Awards take place on February 27th at 8PM Eastern on ABC.